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    Xpress 200m and Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by guitar_master85, Oct 16, 2005.

  1. guitar_master85

    guitar_master85 Newbie

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    I am curious if ATI's Radeon Xpress 200m w/ 128mb of dedicated ram be able to run Microsoft's Vista fine will all of the visual settings turned up. What do you all think?
     
    guitar_master85, Oct 16, 2005
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    We won't know until Vista is done, but since the 200M does DirectX9 in hardware you have a decent chance of using most of the Vista eye candy. With the Intel GPUs you have no chance at all.
     
    brianstretch, Oct 16, 2005
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    I'd say 64MB dedicated with DirectX 9, but the final specs won't be available until next summer.
     
    ZaZ, Oct 17, 2005
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  4. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    You'll most likely be able to use Vista's new graphic enchancements, such as AERO glass with the X200M, especially if you have the dedicated 128MB VRAM type.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Oct 17, 2005
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    yup..it should be fine!!!
     
    LuckMC11, Oct 18, 2005
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    Neero Notebook Consultant

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    Neero, Oct 19, 2005
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    Caligula Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does this include the integrated 200m or just the dedicated 200m only?
     
    Caligula, Oct 19, 2005
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    j0hn00 Notebook Evangelist

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    I would assume both.
     
    j0hn00, Oct 19, 2005
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    Apocolipse269 Notebook Guru

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    Um, i hope you mean dedicated as in memory, the 200m is a north bridge chipset, with a south bridge integrated video accelerator. some come with 128mb dedicated, and some with only 64, but both can use the computer memory, i know at least the 128 can use up to 128 extra for a total of 256, but anyways both are integrated chipsets
     
    Apocolipse269, Oct 20, 2005
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  10. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The Xpress 200M can use either shared or dedicated memory, and in some laptops, both - Ex would be HP's zv6000/R4000.

    Most of the X200M notebooks used shared memory.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 20, 2005
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